#E4D659#E4D659

#E4D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.145 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D659
RGB	rgb(228, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -10.08, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 62.56, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0324 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.145 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8468, 65.3106, 19.0084)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D659 #5967E4

analogous

#E49159 #E4D659 #ACE459

triadic

#E4D659 #59E4D6 #D659E4

tetradic

#E4D659 #59E491 #5967E4 #E459AC

square

#E4D659 #59E491 #5967E4 #E459AC

split-complementary

#E4D659 #59ACE4 #9159E4

monochromatic

#A7991B #DBC924 #E4D659 #EDE38E #F5F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E4D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D659

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D659	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.145 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e28d',
    500: '#e4d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d659;
$custom-light: #f0e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86415,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D659

secondary

#3843A9

accent

#25D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D659

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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